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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am glad I didn't marry anybody I was dating in my early 20s. I was so immature and irresponsible, imagine adding a husband and babies on top of me not even understanding how credit cards worked or how to pay utilities? [/quote]

Marriage and kid(s) force you to grow up faster. My dad 50 years ago was sort of a slacker, he immediately quit chain smoking cigarettes and drinking, and started his own company when I was born.[/quote]

For every unemployed drunk who does get it together, there’s a dozen who continue drinking and slacking off after the kid arrives, and mom is trying to keep everything together. Just read the threads here - how many are about incompetent men who can’t even handle picking up a child from school?[/quote]

We are specifically talking about modern men on a web forum based in the most educated region in the United States (DMV). Nobody here is talking about "unemployed drunks," we're talking about credentialed yuppies in their 20s, who might not be "rich, rich" but are rich relative to the average 20-something, plus have at least one degree, boundless resources, and health insurance. And yes, literally everyone I know in fitting that demo who had a surprise pregnancy [b]immediately[/b] grew up and started acting exponentially more responsible.[/quote]

The PP literally said her father was a smoker, drinker, and slacker.

We are also talking about early 20s people, which is very different than yuppies in their late 20s. People in DC generally don’t reproduce in their early 20s, which is perhaps why more men are able to step it up. An early 20s man who just graduated, is doing an internship, and living with 3 other dudes isn’t going to be able to handle marriage and kids.

Either way, this forum in the most educated region of the US is full of threads about dads who did not step it up and still can’t handle basic household and childcare tasks. So if DMV men can’t get it together with everything they have, probably not a good idea to continue encouraging people to get married and have kids by 23. [/quote]

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